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ascent

[uh-sent] / əˈsɛnt /


NOUN
upward slope
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Anthropic will have to keep up its rapid ascent after its initial public offering to stay at the top of the artificial-intelligence trade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

I also think Elon Musk, having seen the ascent of Steve Jobs, was sort of defining himself in that way too – or going back to Thomas Edison, who had his own P.T.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

“That may be the most flights of stairs we’ve ever done,” Pinkerton told me after the robots finished their ascent.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Going back to the movie theme, Wakefield's resurrection over the past three seasons is almost too fanciful for Hollywood's scriptwriters, given the rapid ascent.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Along with most of the Virginia dynasty, however, his ascent into the revolutionary elite was not the exclusive function of talent and virtue.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Tadej Pogacar won nearly every bike race he entered, and he appeared to do it with ease, conquering rivals and Alpine ascents and eliding the perpetual danger of a perilous sport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

When funds go from first to worst, many people attracted at the latter stages of those ascents bail out and actually lose money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

It tunneled 435 feet through the mountains for slightly easier descents and ascents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Broad Peak is the world's 12th highest mountain, located in the Karakoram range in northern Pakistan, and is regarded as one of the toughest and most technical climbs of all the 8,000 metre-plus ascents.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Over the next few years he pulled off even more impressive ascents in Alaska, Canada, and Europe.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer


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